recipe in honor of Mothers Day Irish Tomato Soup

[Guest guest]

I grew up on this and it came from one of Mom's old cookbooks with the cover

torn off and 1/3 of the pages missing. I have bits and pieces of the book.

Zena

 

Irish Tomato Soup

 

4 tbls. butter or margarine

2 yellow onions, chopped

1 carrot, pelled and chopped

2 russets, peeled and chopped

2 cups vegetable broth

8 plum tomatoes, blanch & peel & processed

1 1/2 tbls. fresh chopped basil leaves

salt & pepper to taste

2 cups lowfat milk, or unsweetened soy milk

 

Melt butter in soup pot, add onions and carrot and cook for 5 minutes.

Add potatoes and stir. Run tomatoes through the blender or food processor

nowadays for 10 seconds. Add broth and tomatoes to mixture and bring to a boil

and simmer on very low for 1 hour. Add basil, salt and papper to taste and

milk. Heat for 5 minutes and serve.

This is good on a cold day with a sadnwich or a good quality crusty roll.

 

 

 

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